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Hee! Defamer tweet: "Congrats to the Academy voter who picked Eddie Redmayne because he met Stephen Hawking once." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 20:58
It's about time -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 20:57 2
- And space. Oh wait, you mean... -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 21:03
- Now can someone give Glenn Close and Amy Adams some love! -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 20:59
ooh I think Julianne. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:56
Oscars are not trending on twitter, but Graham Moore is. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:56 3
- It's the #1 trend on Twitter forme. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 22, 20:58 2
  - (The Oscars, that is.) -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 22, 20:59 1
    - interesting, not for me in DC -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 21:01
Jesus and White Trash Jesus -- nm - budice Feb 22, 20:54
Alright -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:54 1
- alrightalrightalright...I need to shave alright. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:55
Love his wife's dress -- nm - zork Feb 22, 20:53 1
- she's beautiful. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:54
Halfway to an EGOT. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 20:53 2
- NPH is 3/4 of the way to being an EGOT host. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 20:59
- we had one last year! genuinely thrilling. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:54
what a joy to see someone so incredibly happy to win. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:53
But I invented computers and helped win WW2! All Hawking did was invent time! -- nm - alan Turing Feb 22, 20:53
I am still chuckling at "Brendadirk Cramplescrunch" nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 20:52 5
- Crumblybits Applesnatch! -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 20:55 1
  - Crumblytits Applesnatch! -- nm - budice Feb 22, 20:57
- Yeah, I laughed outloud a good while before I could get it posted. -- nm - Ultron Feb 22, 20:55
- there are several Benedict Cumberbatch name generators. - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:53
- Saying it out loud makes me giggle. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:53
Interestingly in the Oscar Pool, it's split down the middle for Redmayne/Keaton, and Birdman/Boyhood. - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:52 1
- (Best Director was, too.) 11-11. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:58
Please Keaton, Please Keaton -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:50 4
- honestly though, well deserved. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:51
- Damn -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:51 2
  - Why do you love ALS? -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 20:52 1
    - Actually dude, I hate ALS with a fucking passion -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:54
OMG! Kill me! My Tivo is all caught up! -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 20:50
Boyhood got pwn3d. -- nm - budice Feb 22, 20:44 1
- except, patricia. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:50
this means Guillermo del Toro wins next year for Crimson Peak -- nm - mud Feb 22, 20:44 8
- They can't give an Oscar to every Medican non-union Spielberg equivalent, can they? -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 20:46 1
  - just the 3 Amigos: Cuaron won last year, so .. -- nm - mud Feb 22, 20:55
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  - to weird? -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 20:46 4
    - Guillermo knows what he did! nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 20:47 3
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        (I don't know what Guillermo did.) :) nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 20:50 1
        
        I just want him to learn what human names sound like. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 20:52
I thought Director was always right before picture. -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:42 1
- They mix it up -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 20:43
whoa -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:42
We already give an Oscar for Best Song, but we need another musical number. Whatever shall we do? -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 20:37 1
- give a microphone to Meryl Streep. she can do anything :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 20:39
wow dusty in here -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 20:37 5
- seriously, that's a speach gets in the top ten of all time award thanks yous -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:42 4
  - Speech about not fitting in ... for a film about Turing. Brilliant. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:42 3
    - I've mentioned this previously, but the social awkwardness is something of a modern reinvention. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 20:44 2
      - but social ostrecation (sp) has been amped up to 11 -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:56
      - I'm all for it. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:51
He's pretty cute. -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 20:37 4
- I love that this is your comment amidst the posts about his speech. -- nm - JD Feb 22, 20:45 3
  - Oh trust me I felt the speech, and it was great. But I needed to lighten it up as it was getting heavy -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 20:46 2
    - I was serious in my praise 8-) - JD Feb 22, 20:48
    - And ... He was cute ... So ... -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 20:47
Wow, powerful speech -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:37 1
- it's a hell of a lot more than just a statue. and for a film about Turing. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:39
oh wow. this speech is really wonderful. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:36 2
- that's the way to do it. v. good. -- nm - b! Feb 22, 20:37 1
  - all class. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:38
the gal hugging graham morton was a tall drink of water -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:36
And you get an Oscar! And you get an Oscar! -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 20:35
That Could be a predictor -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:33
Alexandre Desplat's first Oscar -- nm - budice Feb 22, 20:26 1
- I love French guys giving Oscar speeches. :) -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:27
man, I love The Sound of Music. Loved seeing Andrews up there. -- nm - kelly Feb 22, 20:25 1
- I blame 50 shades movie for me thinking Maria was a submissive when they showed film clips. - JenBro Feb 22, 20:28
GBH is racking them up. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 20:24 1
- I like to think of this one as a make up award fort Birth. -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 20:29
How many is that now for that film tonight? 5? 6? -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 20:24 3
- Yep! That being said...I have to see this "Mr. Turner" movie...to be honest, I knew nothing about it, but it's been nominated a ton. -- nm - Flavorize Feb 22, 20:25 2
  - Look into Mike Leigh's filmography as well -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 20:29
  - I missed it (was here for about a week). Love the painter longtime. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:27
Julie hugging Gaga was a thousand times better than Madonna kissing Britney. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:23 1
- let's not say anything hasty, now - zork Feb 22, 20:26
Tim. How about they call up Prince Pretty and have him start a fight with the biggest uggo in the WWE? - Qale Feb 22, 20:22 2
- I think Bryan and Dolph are just going to go ahead and have a match of the year, then. -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 20:25 1
  - yup -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 20:26
I seriously welled up. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:22
And Julie Andrews looks damn good -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:21 6
- i know, right? the movie was *50* years ago? and she was, i'm guessing, in her early twenties at the time? - call me Ishmael Feb 22, 20:35
- How did she sound singing Poker Face? -- nm - Ultron Feb 22, 20:27
- Nice moment with her and Gaga. Only detraction was Gaga's tatts. -- nm - budice Feb 22, 20:23 3
  - And there I thought I was being an old fuddy-duddy for thinking that :) -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 20:24 2
    - she's been on tour with Tony Bennett, if that helps. :) -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:27
    - me too, but then I'm now AARP eligible now, I believe. -- nm - zork Feb 22, 20:27
ya know, for all of the hype and imagery and what not, i've always said that Lady Gaga actually can sing - call me Ishmael Feb 22, 20:20 4
- I saw her on SNL, she killed it, she won me. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:30
- and she can play piano well -- nm - zork Feb 22, 20:24
- I always had kind of blown her off...until I kept seeing Sting, Springsteen and other keep performing with her. Told me that she had something. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 20:24
- It's always been clear. Her voice has a tone, range, power. -- nm - pmb Feb 22, 20:23
Wow, nice touch -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:20
Wow! Nice touch... -- nm - Flavorize Feb 22, 20:20
standing O -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 20:20
*Has been waiting since 2009 for ST to say this many positive things about Lady Gaga* -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 20:19 4
- All she had to do was turn normal - con_carne Feb 22, 20:40
- she needed this since Artpop flopped. -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 20:29
- I never said a bad thing against her ever. check the archives. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:20
- I don't think I've ever trashed her -- nm - zork Feb 22, 20:20
She. IS KILLING IT. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 20:18 5
- I found her tattoos distracting, but she was remarkable. -- nm - Baron Go Bragh Feb 22, 20:24
- She has a fantastic voice. -- nm - pmb Feb 22, 20:21
- this is the watercooler story tomorrow. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:20
- Rita Ori could kick her ass and still do an encore -- nm - mud Feb 22, 20:19
- word -- nm - marcel Feb 22, 20:19
To have Gaga sing this, it's almost sacrilegious, that being said...she's killing it -- nm - Flavorize Feb 22, 20:18 1
- and that's the point. This is totally the highlight of the show. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:19
She's fantastic. Suck it, doubters. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:18 1
- Yep. Sounds fantastic and looks awesome. -- nm - zork Feb 22, 20:19
total sound-a-like -- nm - zork Feb 22, 20:17
Nice voice -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:17
Gaga looks great now that she is out of the outfit she arrived in -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 22, 20:17 3
- the weird outfits were theater. She's always been a great musician. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:18 2
  - How dare Lady Gaga not show up looking exactly like everybody wants her to! -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 20:26 1
    - at this point, showing up looking normal is rebellion. Genius. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:31
#notladygaga - FabioParme Feb 22, 20:17
WTF ...? -- nm - mud Feb 22, 20:16
I'm not sure who thought the transition from mentioning King's march on Selma to Sound of Music was a good idea, - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:16 3
- Who else would you have sing these songs though? -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 20:18 2
  - I'm hoping for an American Sniper cross over at any minute. - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:20 1
    - Happiness...is a warm gun, bang bang shoot shoot -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:23
Scarlett is gorgeous, and that thing on her neck is fugly. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:14
Please, just shoot me -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:14 1
- Dude -- nm - zombie MLK Feb 22, 20:19
For RogerMore, long tradition of civil disobedience. It never involved running away to escape prosecution. - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:13 1
- Plenty of worthier dissenters than Snowden have run away to escape prosecution. - Roger More Feb 22, 20:39
totally unrelated, but i found a local listing on Craigslist under books for JK Rowlings' Beedle the Bard for $175 . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 22, 20:12 1
- autographed 1st ed? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:33
how dare they ignore the director of Rabbit Test! -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 20:08 3
- I had to Google this title. Um...whaaaat? -- nm - kelly Feb 22, 20:18 1
  - DON'T ASK, DON'T GOOGLE!!! -- nm - Billy Crystal Feb 22, 20:19
- Our friend Patton Oswalt was getting all riled up about Joan and Jan Hooks on Twitter. - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 20:11
John Stevens and Lommy Lynn? -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 20:06 2
- Imposters! Who are these black men?! -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 20:32
- (Lonnie Lynn) -- nm - kelly Feb 22, 20:08
My theory: whatever song they sing right before the award is given will win. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:06 1
- If it didn't, that would've been a very uncomfortable moment. -- nm - Baron Go Bragh Feb 22, 20:10
yeesh - that was creepy when he was grabbing her face like that -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 20:05 11
- he's a creepy guy. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 22, 20:09
- Guys, guys. We're supposed to be talking about equality -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 20:08 1
  - Total equality for gay scientologist vampires...now? -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:09
- what? no, no . . . that wasn't creepy or weirded out at all . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 22, 20:07
- I'm sorry my requests for help in Excel are so unnerving. - Beryllium Feb 22, 20:06
- Yeah creepy from a creepy guy -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 20:06 5
  - who's creepier right now ... John Travolta or Bill Cosby? I say tie. -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 20:11 4
    - Cosby had been disguising himself as america's warm fuzzy dad...that's creepy - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:21
    - John Travolta has been accused of making passes at massage dudes. Cosby has been accused of drugging and raping women. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 22, 20:13 1
      - Yeah good point. -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 20:20
    - Creepier? John Travolta. Eviler? Bill Cosby. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 22, 20:13

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